The IDF has seized 230 square miles of Lebanese territory, where extensive construction is underway – including a base far from the Israeli border. Negotiations with Lebanon resumed today
The IDF base under construction on the site of the former Khiam Prison, five kilometers inside Lebanese territory. Credit: Photos: Pléiades Neo © Airbus DS 2026. Infographics: Nadav Gazit
The IDF is entrenching itself deep in south Lebanon, according to information obtained by Haaretz, tours on the (…)

From Shin Bet recruitment to military training programs, Israel's defense establishment is becoming increasingly embedded in academic life.
Israeli officers stand by as Palestinian and Jewish activists take part in a rally marking Nakba Day, outside Tel Aviv University, May 14, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
After Hila Ben David finished performing John Lennon's “Imagine” at Tel Aviv University's doctoral graduation ceremony on July 16, the stage was handed over to Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. (…)

After 51 years in print, the Người Lao động newspaper has been shut as part of a recentralisation and rationalisation of state-affiliated media in Vietnam. The paper, once led by the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Federation, was a key voice for workers' interests throughout Vietnam's post-1980s economic boom. It now joins myriad other pro-labour voices in being a casualty of the party-state's determination to assert its authority as it pursues a new phase of private sector-led development.
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Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières exprime sa solidarité avec le mouvement populaire dans le Jammu-et-Cachemire administré par le Pakistan (PaJK), coordonné par le Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), et avec les personnes arrêtées à Lahore le 31 juillet pour avoir manifesté en solidarité avec ce mouvement. Nous condamnons la mort de plus de 100 personnes depuis le 5 juin 2026 ainsi que la répression plus large qui l'a accompagnée.
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La répression
Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 (…)

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières stands in solidarity with the popular movement in Pakistan-administered Jammu Kashmir (PaJK), coordinated by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), and with those detained in Lahore on 31 July for demonstrating in solidarity with it. We condemn the killing of more than 100 people since 5 June 2026 and the wider repression that has accompanied it.
The crackdown
On the night of 5–6 June, security forces attempted to detain JAAC leader Umar (…)